The Forth Trip

Wide spread of prairie, desert, sheep, camel, goat....... You can see all of these in Mongolia. Mongolia has four natural environments. There are mountains in parts of west of Mongolia and Gobi desert in the south. Going to the east, you can meet meadow. In the north, There are taiga, the south of the Siberian forest. This is very interesting, isn't it?

This is khovsgol nurr lakes. There is desalination water, corresponding to 2% of the world's. It is the deepest lake in Central Asia. Khovsgol nurr is designated a national park with surrounding area because its clean environment. Fresh water salmon called Taimen live this lake. In the around forest, dozens of animal inhabit like bighorn sheep, wild goat, wapiti deer, reindeer ·musk deer, lynx, beaver, wolf or and so on! If I go there (some time or other), I take hundreds of picture only animal.

Mongolia has not only interesting natural environments but also delicious food. Do you like meat? Mongolian's main industry is stock-farming. So Mongolia has well-developed meat dish. Horhog, Khuushur, Buuz are typical Mongolia meal. Horhog is mutton dish. In a big container, Put mutton, potatoes, carrots, wild scallion and hot stone! Heat from this stone (called Choto) boils the ingredients. Many people said it is delicious.

Khuushur is pretty similar fried dumpling but its fillings are mutton. Now days, Various kind of Khuushur is being developed.

You can taste mayuju. It is alcohol-fermented horse-milk. Mayuju flavor is almost like makgeolli. If you don't like alcohol, Suteychai can be a other choice. It is Mongolia traditional tea which combines tea and milk.

This is Ger. Mongolian need movable house because their lifestyle is nomadic. Ger made of felt and wooden lattice frame work. So It is easy to move and assemble.  Ger looks comfortable and very warm. I want to take a rest there.

Mongolia has good natural environments and traditional lifestyle. It can be inconvenient or difficult. But I want to try Mongolia trip!